Medical Training
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Joseph J. Rella RTT, CMD
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Cell: 603-***-****
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PROFILE:
Certified Medical Dosimetrist (1999), with twenty plus years’ experience in the healthcare field. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
Alliance Healthcare Services, Newport Beach CA
March 2007 – present
Senior Medical Dosimetrist/Chief Medical Dosimetrist/Director of Treatment Planning Services Primarily engaged in ensuring high standards in the planning and optimization of radiation therapy techniques at the companies centers, and in this capacity is responsible for the support of all medical dosimetrist staff as well as for the management of treatment planning workload. Management of the Remote Treatment Planning group, which provides primary and secondary planning support to radiation oncology centers nationwide. Also, the corporation’s primary resource for the evaluation of treatment planning related technologies, and is the corporation’s coordinator for applications training of dosimetry and physics staff when new equipment is introduced. Responsible for the development and implementation of department protocols, policies and procedures, and quality assurance programs to ensure the accuracy of patient treatment. Applications support, and training of therapy staff on all clinical equipment. Lead role participation in various in house research projects, and also product development projects with various corporate partners such as TomoTherapy, Philips, and CyberKnife to name a few. Completed TPS applications trainings with Pinnacle, TomoTherapy, and Eclipse. EMR applications with Mosaiq, and ARIA. Philips Medical Systems, Bothell WA
June 2006 - February 2007
Clinical Education Specialist. Providing applications training for Physicians, Physicists, Dosimetrists and Therapists in the use of Pinnacle planning, Advanced/IMRT planning, AcQSim3, and the Big Bore Brilliance CT Simulator. TomoTherapy Incorporated, Madison WI
November 2005 – June 2006
Senior Applications Specialist. Providing product demonstrations, and applications training for Physicians, Physicists, Dosimetrists and Therapists in the use of the HiArt TomoTherapy machine, treatment planning, and Physics QA procedures.
Various Institutions
August 2002 - February 2007
Consulting Dosimetrist. Mainly providing assistance in implementing IMRT programs. Providing IMRT and 3d treatment planning support and training of junior level dosimetrists. MidState Medical Center, Meriden CT
August 2002 – November 2005
Clinical Supervisor, Radiation Oncology. Responsible for all clinical and technical operations of the radiation oncology department. Implementation of department protocols, policies and procedures, and quality assurance programs to ensure the accuracy of patient treatment. Ongoing participation in the Press Ganey patient satisfaction survey. For Q2 and Q3 2005 our department was ranked #1 in the nation of 126 RadOnc departments who participate. Senior Medical Dosimetrist. Responsible for all patient treatment planning. Training of therapists in dosimetry, simulation and new treatment techniques. Training of junior dosimetrist. Completed Pinnacle planning and Pinnacle advanced planning IMRT trainings with Philips Radiation Oncology Systems. Participation in research projects as an Alpha/Beta tester for Philips Radiation Oncology Systems. Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack NJ August 1998 – August 2002
Chief Medical Dosimetrist. Responsible for the day to day operations of the dosimetry staff including five dosimetrists and one physics assistant. Supervision of IMRT treatment planning. Participation in various research projects conducted by the department. Daily patient rounds with the Chief Therapist and Sim Therapists. Medical Dosimetrist. Responsible for 3-d and 2-d treatment planning using ADAC Pinnacle and Prowess planning systems. CT planning using AcQSim. Treatment planning for IMRT using Corvus. QA of the Simulator and AcQsim CT Scanner. Completed formal physics training with NOMOS for IMRT. Joseph J. Rella RTT, CMD
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY
August 1995 - August 1998
Simulation Therapist: Responsible for Simulation and treatment of patients. Training of students and therapists in Simulation techniques. Training of students in Dosimetry and Physics. QA of the Simulator. Dosimetrist: 2D and 3D treatment planning using PLAN 32, and Precision Therapy Render Plan planning systems. EDUCATION:
Montefiore Medical Center School of Radiation Therapy, N.Y.C. October 1993 - September 1995
Completed the 24 month program which entails a minimum of 650 hour didactic instruction, as well as 2200 hours of clinical education at the following sites in NYC: Mount Sinai Medical Center Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center NYU Medical Center
Beth Israel Medical Center Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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